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2018 Impact Report
As a Maya-run organization, SATIIM’s work is defined by community requests. We coordinate programs, but the communities take full responsibility for what happens on the ground.
In 2018, the ground shifted.
First, the Maya learned their forests are not as healthy as they once thought. SATIIM forest inventories workshops revealed gaps in customary forest practices that allowed the clearing of “mother trees” – those essential for new seedlings. Now these communities committed to revise customary rules for more sustainable practices. We could say 2018 was the year the Maya returned to the Mother – and turned to evidence-based forest management.
Second, we learned the government is planning another oil concession on Maya land. Before we knew it, there were helicopters flying into impoverished villages with vague promises of wealth. SATIIM quickly created a workshop on What Free, Prior and Informed Consent Means. We now have a pilot to replicate with peer educators throughout the region. A seismic shift in thinking will precede whatever seismic testing is coming this year. In that sense, 2018 was a very important year.
Download the report here.
Where Are the Maps? Where is the Legislation?
August 9, 2018 (Punta Gorda) – On the anniversary of the Maya Lands Registry inauguration, the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management has a couple of questions for the government: Where are the maps? Where’s the legislation?
Last year, on August 9, International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and the tenth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, SATIIM launched the Maya Lands Registry of customary land usage and delineation. Crique Sarco was the first Maya community to present its map to the Attorney General. – There was never any response.
Where Are the Maps? Where is the Legislation?
August 9, 2018 (Punta Gorda) – On the anniversary of the Maya Lands Registry inauguration, the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management has a couple of questions for the government: Where are the maps? Where’s the legislation?
Last year, on August 9, International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and the tenth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, SATIIM launched the Maya Lands Registry of customary land usage and delineation. Crique Sarco was the first Maya community to present its map to the Attorney General. – There was never any response.
Where Are the Maps? Where is the Legislation?
August 9, 2018 (Punta Gorda) – On the anniversary of the Maya Lands Registry inauguration, the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management has a couple of questions for the government: Where are the maps? Where’s the legislation?
Last year, on August 9, International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and the tenth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, SATIIM launched the Maya Lands Registry of customary land usage and delineation. Crique Sarco was the first Maya community to present its map to the Attorney General. – There was never any response.
Voices of Latin America
The work of SATIIM is featured in the new book "Voices of Latin America". Our work is highlighted in Chapter 5 - Indigenous peoples and the rights of nature.
See the book's website here: https://lab.org.uk/vola-launch/
2018 Impact Report
As a Maya-run organization, SATIIM’s work is defined by community requests. We coordinate programs, but the communities take full responsibility for what happens on the ground.
In 2018, the ground shifted.
First, the Maya learned their forests are not as healthy as they once thought. SATIIM forest inventories workshops revealed gaps in customary forest practices that allowed the clearing of “mother trees” – those essential for new seedlings. Now these communities committed to revise customary rules for more sustainable practices. We could say 2018 was the year the Maya returned to the Mother – and turned to evidence-based forest management.
Second, we learned the government is planning another oil concession on Maya land. Before we knew it, there were helicopters flying into impoverished villages with vague promises of wealth. SATIIM quickly created a workshop on What Free, Prior and Informed Consent Means. We now have a pilot to replicate with peer educators throughout the region. A seismic shift in thinking will precede whatever seismic testing is coming this year. In that sense, 2018 was a very important year.
Download the report here.
Where Are the Maps? Where is the Legislation?
August 9, 2018 (Punta Gorda) – On the anniversary of the Maya Lands Registry inauguration, the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management has a couple of questions for the government: Where are the maps? Where’s the legislation?
Last year, on August 9, International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and the tenth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, SATIIM launched the Maya Lands Registry of customary land usage and delineation. Crique Sarco was the first Maya community to present its map to the Attorney General. – There was never any response.